BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Board Responsibilities

The Canyon Grove Academy Board is responsible to guide the school to fulfill our mission through our charter. The Board is made up of appointed directors, an elected parent representative and non-voting school administrators.

Board meetings are typically the third Thursday of each month at 4:00 pm. You can attend online (link is on the agenda) or in the boardroom. Parents, students, teachers and the public are welcome and encouraged to join us. Board meeting calendar. Meetings are posted at the school, on our facebook page, on the school calendar, and on the Public Notices website. You can review the meeting agendas and minutes once they are posted online.

Trustees

Josh Daniels

Board Chair

Josh Daniels has a passion for education and educational models that empower parents. He works in the charter school sector helping shape public policy to ensure online schools in America are able to serve students. Josh is also a policy advisor for Libertas Institute where he has worked on a variety of government reform proposals including local government issues and school choice. Previously, Josh served as a senior aide to US Congressman Pete Olson in Houston TX and is also a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he served as a Sergeant in the United State Marine Corps. Josh studied economics, business, and political science at Brigham Young University and has a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.

Josh@canyongrove.com

James Ure

Board Vice Chair

As a co-founder of Williamsburg Learning, James is on a mission to transform education in the 21st century. He is inspiring a young generation of parents, teachers, and education leaders to prepare students to live meaningful lives and become principled leaders in the Information Age. James is a provocative speaker, published author, marathon runner, and education entrepreneur.

After earning an English degree, James graduated summa cum laude from South Texas College of Law with an emphasis in Constitutional Law. Rather than take the job in the high rise, James decided to partner with his best friend Nels Jensen. Together, they created Williamsburg Learning, a next-generation education model that combines the engagement of an exceptional brick-and-mortar classroom with the flexibility of online learning. James and Nels led the development of The Williamsburg Curriculum, which blends great literature, critical thinking, a proprietary sequence of leadership courses, and the latest technologies. They also co-founded Williamsburg Adventures to guide students and educators in humanitarian and outdoor expeditions.

James lives in the magical desert of southern Utah with his wife Ange and their four children. He loves running, biking, climbing, literature, movies, rock concerts, yoga, and comedy nights with his nerdy friends. When he grows up he wants to run for office and promote meaningful education reforms.

james.ure@canyongrove.com

Scott Morris

Board Secretary

Scott works as the CEO of Knox Academy in Kaysville, a private school that aims to give kids a safe place to learn about themselves and each other. The school he runs tries to keep students’ dreams alive throughout all stages of learning while giving them real-world scenarios and eventually connecting them to their community (like building a park in collaboration with Layton City). Scott says all are welcome to see what the school is doing, especially to see their 16-foot giraffe that was built by four 12 year-olds.

Scott also loves the Chinese people. It is a goal of his to travel each year to Taiwan to see his friends and to take anyone who wants to go with him. He teaches a Chinese class in order for others to build their Asian relationships.

Scott also really enjoys humanitarianism, and to pursue it he has included a trip to Santa Rosa, Mexico every year at Knox. Last year, Knox sent a group of 150 people to build a much needed medical clinic, while the year before they constructed a playground for the local elementary school.

On any given day you can find Scott reading, working on his natural swimming pool or dancing with his wife and five kids.

scott@canyongrove.com

Heather Rogers

Faculty Mentor, Trustee at Large

Heather Rogers is a career educator and mother whose lifelong devotion has been to the excellence of education for young children. She is an expert in individualized education and in helping children reach their social, emotional and educational potential.

Mrs. Rogers graduated from BYU with a degree in Special Education. She has held various positions as a preschool teacher and director, reading specialist, special education teacher and director, second and third-grade elementary teacher and teaching coach.

She enjoys spending time with friends and family, especially her granddaughter, reading, traveling, art and participating in and watching sports. She brings her passionate focus and expertise joyfully to serve the students and faculty of Canyon Grove Academy.

heather@canyongrove.com

Jason Herndon

Jason Herndon is a leader, developer, writer, backpacker and minimalist living in Salt Lake City, UT. He was raised in the south where he met his beautiful wife, Joanna, in middle school where they started dating. Close to twenty years and four beautiful kids later, they are enjoying their rhythm in life.

Jo now writes curriculum for a charter school and Jason works for a day (and dream!) job at RAIN, a digital consultancy focused on creating solutions for humans, as VP of Engineering and serving on the exec team, working on various internal labs projects, as well as with clients like Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks and other companies you’ve probably heard of. He has had articles featured in a few online tech blogs and digital media sites. He spends whatever time is left on my his open source, enterprise software or other projects and writing and dreaming about the future.